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Pepe Reina Wants Liverpool To Match Manchester United & Chelsea In Transfer Market
Success costs cash, reckons the keeper.
Mar 17, 2010 4:31:26 PM
By Zack Wilson
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina wants to see the club attempt to compete directly in the transfer market with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United if they are to have any chance of claiming the Premier League trophy.
The Spaniard is close to penning a new deal at Anfield, but is keen for the club to mirror the big money signings United and Chelsea have made in recent years.
"It is not a question I can answer," he replied, according to The Independent, when asked whether Liverpool could win the title soon.
"I can talk about the players but not the investment - that is not in our hands.
"But I hope we can compete with these kinds of transfers [by Manchester United and Chelsea] and spend some more money in the market, maybe go toe-to-toe with them.
"All I want and the team want is to be competitive as the others.
"There is nothing apart from winning the league with Liverpool once which makes me feel excited.
"That is a dream to get through and hopefully in a short period of time we will see it come true."
Reina's more immediate aim is to help Liverpool knock Lille out of the Europa League on Thursday night, when the French team visit Anfield for the second leg of their last-16 tie.
The Spaniard is keen for the Reds to take at least one trophy home this season, with his side facing a 1-0 deficit.
"It [Europa League] is the only trophy we can lift this season so it is massively important," he added.
"A trophy is a trophy and it is always good. We are the first ones to know the season has not been good and we should have been better.
"But as long as we have got a possibility of winning a trophy it is important for the club and the players.
"Lille will play defensively with some pace and ability up front playing counter-attack and we have to be aware of that and manage that."
For all the latest transfer news visit Goal.com's Transfer Zone.
The Spaniard is close to penning a new deal at Anfield, but is keen for the club to mirror the big money signings United and Chelsea have made in recent years.
"It is not a question I can answer," he replied, according to The Independent, when asked whether Liverpool could win the title soon.
"I can talk about the players but not the investment - that is not in our hands.
"But I hope we can compete with these kinds of transfers [by Manchester United and Chelsea] and spend some more money in the market, maybe go toe-to-toe with them.
"All I want and the team want is to be competitive as the others.
"There is nothing apart from winning the league with Liverpool once which makes me feel excited.
"That is a dream to get through and hopefully in a short period of time we will see it come true."
Reina's more immediate aim is to help Liverpool knock Lille out of the Europa League on Thursday night, when the French team visit Anfield for the second leg of their last-16 tie.
The Spaniard is keen for the Reds to take at least one trophy home this season, with his side facing a 1-0 deficit.
"It [Europa League] is the only trophy we can lift this season so it is massively important," he added.
"A trophy is a trophy and it is always good. We are the first ones to know the season has not been good and we should have been better.
"But as long as we have got a possibility of winning a trophy it is important for the club and the players.
"Lille will play defensively with some pace and ability up front playing counter-attack and we have to be aware of that and manage that."
For all the latest transfer news visit Goal.com's Transfer Zone.
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